Workplace Safety
Hotel Housekeeping in California: How to Prevent Musculoskeletal Injuries
Course description
Housekeepers, room attendants, and cleaners in hotels and other lodging establishments perform many of the same tasks multiple times a day. Some of these repetitive tasks can cause musculoskeletal injuries, or MSIs. An MSI is either an acute onetime injury or cumulative trauma from wear and tear on bones, muscles, joints, nerves, and other soft-tissue parts of the body.
This course provides hotel housekeeping workers and their supervisors in California with the information they need to perform these repetitive or physically stressful tasks efficiently and without injury or discomfort. The course covers the use of cleaning tools and equipment, safe housekeeping practices, and how to report health and safety concerns, as well as describes the MSI prevention program, MIPP.
Course Duration: 31 min
Learning objectives:
At the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:- Explain the signs, symptoms, and risk factors related to MSIs
- Summarize the elements of an effective MIPP
- Identify housekeeping hazards, as well as the engineering, administrative, and other workplace controls used to reduce them
- Implement appropriate body mechanics, safe practices, and the proper use of cleaning tools and equipment to prevent MSIs
- Articulate the process for reporting safety and health concerns, as well as the importance of reporting symptoms and injuries early